[ale] measuring bandwidth

[Matt Rideout]

Cacti or MRTG could do this.

J. D. wrote, On 10/27/2009 07:43 PM:
> Hey all,
>
> I need to measure some bandwidth on a bunch of linux servers. At first 
> we took a snapshot of the ifconfig output at the beginning and end of 
> the day. The intent was to compare the differences. Apparently there 
> were some is some sort of cycle or reset in the data that causes it to 
> be inaccurate for this purpose. The value at the end of the day ended 
> up being less than the start of the day.
>
> It appears this method is invalid at least on the redhat 5 distro in 
> use.. Any ideas on other ways to collect this data?
>
> Best regards,
>
> J. D.
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